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Interview Tips
10 Steps to a
Successful Interview
1. Arrive on time.
2. Introduce yourself in a courteous manner.
3. Read company materials while you wait.
4. Have a firm handshake.
5. Listen.
6. Use body language to show interest.
7. Smile, nod, give nonverbal feedback to the interviewer.
8. Ask about the next step in the process.
9. Thank the interviewer.
10. Write a thank-you letter to anyone you have spoken to.
Sample Questions
Asked by Employers
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Why should I hire you?
3. What is your long-range
objective? Where do you want to be 10 or 15 years from now?
4. How has your education
prepared you for your career? 5. Are you a team player?
6. Have you ever had a
conflict with a boss or professor? How was it resolved?
7. What is your greatest
weakness? 8. If I were to ask your
professors to describe you, what would they say? 9. What qualities do you feel
a successful manager should have?
10. If you had
to live your life over again, what would you change?
Questions a
Potential Employer Could Ask
Based on Behavior
Initiative
Describe a time
when you had to step in and take care of a situation or set a new direction
for yourself. What was the situation? What was the result?
Analytical
and creative Thinking
Tell me about
an especially difficult decision you’ve made in the past year. What factors
did you consider in formulating your decision? What was the result?
Goal setting
Tell me about a
system that you use for goal setting. To what extent does it involve using
written objectives, paperwork or forms?
Quality
Focus
Describe a time
when you were really proud of the quality of work you were doing. Tell me
about another time when the work you were doing did not meet your standard
of quality.
Results
Orientation
Can you
remember a time when you needed to make personal sacrifices in order to meet
a goal? What happened? Did you accomplish this goal?
Relationship
Building
How would you
describe your current network of business contacts? How did you go about
building that network? Give some examples.
Respect for
Others
How would you
recognize and reward people for their accomplishments? Give me some
examples of when you have done so. How often do you do so?
Leadership
Influence
Describe a time
when you took a strong stand on an issue that was important to you. What
was the situation? What action did you take? What was the end result?
Communication
Tell me about
your most successful effort at keeping an open flow of communication to
others in your “community”? What was the situation? What communication
vehicles and means did you utilize?
Teamwork
Describe your
effort to promote teamwork within your own group. Define your group. What
did you do to promote teamwork? How did people respond? What were the
results of your efforts?
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